ROYAL AIR FORCE WIDOWS ASSOCIATION

Registered charity 1030945 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as RAF WIDOWS' ASSOCIATION

Support for RAF Widows and Widowers

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Latest income

£38k

Latest spending

£33k

Registered

1994

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £57,168, which the trustees consider sufficient to maintain the charity as a going concern. The charity relies entirely on the RAF Benevolent Fund for its plannable income and notes that the loss of this grant would likely lead to closure or stasis. No paid employees were retained during the year, with all staff costs and trustee remuneration recorded as nil.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: between £27,890 and £33,190 (held: £57k)

“The total reserves are identified as a band between £27,890 and £33,190” — page 8

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Trustees · trustee networks

Andrea Paterson
Donna Gillespie
Kerry Henderson
Laura Robbins
Michelle Dundas
Penenlope Hardman
Sarah MacLennan-Cookson

Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).

Operates in: Northern Ireland · Scotland · Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/07/2025	£38k	£33k
31/07/2024	£42k	£28k
31/07/2023	£55k	£65k
31/07/2022	£21k	£34k
31/07/2021	£778	£7k

Common questions

Is ROYAL AIR FORCE WIDOWS ASSOCIATION financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £57,168, which the trustees consider sufficient to maintain the charity as a going concern. The charity relies entirely on the RAF Benevolent Fund for its plannable income and notes that the loss of this grant would likely lead to closure or stasis. No paid employees were retained during the year, with all staff costs and trustee remuneration recorded as nil. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds ROYAL AIR FORCE WIDOWS ASSOCIATION?

Funders whose own accounts filings name ROYAL AIR FORCE WIDOWS ASSOCIATION as a grant recipient include THE ROYAL AIR FORCE BENEVOLENT FUND.

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

Funder	Year	Amount	Purpose (as stated by the funder)
THE ROYAL AIR FORCE BENEVOLENT FUND	FY2025	£39k	External Grants
THE ROYAL AIR FORCE BENEVOLENT FUND	FY2023	£36k	External Grants
THE ROYAL AIR FORCE BENEVOLENT FUND	FY2024	£34k	External Grant
THE ROYAL AIR FORCE BENEVOLENT FUND	FY2022	£34k	External Grants